12 Musical Moments We're Thankful for in 2012

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The West Coast Takes Over The Cypher

The West Coast Cypher at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards was one for the history books, with OGs Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Xzibit and DJ Quik trading bars with newcomers YG and Kendrick Lamar. "Respect the West," Kurupt's shirt read, and after this it was impossible not to.